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‘Sacramento Bee’ Features USC Digital Library’s California Historical Society Collection

Describing it as "rich in local history," the Sacramento Bee recently featured the USC Digital ...

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GRAMMY Foundation Awards Grant to Preserve ONE Audio Collections

The GRAMMY Foundation announced a $10,000 grant to support the preservation of the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives' ...

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‘The Scout Report’ Highlights Los Angeles Examiner Collection

The Scout Report, a weekly publication of the Internet Scout Project, recently highlighted the USC Libaries' Los Angeles ...

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What's Missing From the Earliest-Known Drawing of Los Angeles?

The Los Angeles sketched by William Rich Hutton in July 1847 is virtually unrecognizable today.

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Who Took the First Photo of Los Angeles?

Its origin story is something of a mystery. Who took the photo, and when?

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NEH Supports Digitization of Historic L.A. Photography Collection

With support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the USC Libraries are digitizing historic photos of 1920s and ...

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